There was no one else in the alley, only him standing under the dim streetlight, as if he had been waiting for a long time, with his head slightly lowered and his eyes lowered, looking at the ground.

And she was standing not far away. The moment she looked at this scene, her first reaction was - if she ran away now, would it be too late?

However, the next moment, reality gave her an answer.

That's too late.

Because he had already looked up.

He was showing off, and she was in the dark. In fact, from his angle, he could only see a blurry figure, and couldn't see her face clearly at all.

But Jing Li still saw clearly that a smile she was all too familiar with appeared on his Qingjun face.

He should have been tired, both in the shape of his body and the expression on his face, but the moment he smiled after seeing her figure, all those fatigue and fatigue seemed to disappear.

He stepped forward and strode towards her.

Until he stood still in front of her, she still didn't come back to her senses. It wasn't until she heard his words "You're back" that she suddenly came back to her senses, raised her eyes to meet his gaze, and smiled slightly, "Hi,

What a coincidence."

As soon as the words came out of her mouth, Jing Li wanted to slap herself in the mouth in frustration.

What a coincidence?

No matter how dumb she was, she shouldn't have said such a thing, right?

However, she was upset, but Huo Qiran didn't realize there was anything wrong with her words and replied in a low voice: "Unfortunately, I'm just here to find you."

"Oh." Jing Li responded again, but before she could say anything, she suddenly heard him coughing twice more uncontrollably.

This happened to be a wind outlet, and the wind was not strong at night. Her heart suddenly tightened, and she couldn't help but ask him: "Is your cough still okay?"

"It's almost better." Huo Qiran said, "I just cough twice occasionally, so it's nothing."

He said there was nothing wrong, but when he said nothing was wrong, he coughed twice uncontrollably.

Jing Li felt anxious, but she finally pulled him into the courtyard.

This courtyard is not big, but it is a rare independent courtyard. There are several rooms in it. Jing Li directly led him into the tea room, then turned around and started to boil water. After a long time, he finally got a cup of hot water and put it in.

in front of him.

Huo Qiran reached out and shook the tea cup in front of him, then raised his head and looked at her, "Are you going to stand like this?"

Jing Li stood one meter away from the table. After a long time, she finally moved.

Some things have to be faced after all. Now that we have reached this moment, if escaping has no effect, why not face it calmly?

Thinking of this, Jing Li finally pulled out her chair and sat down opposite him.

"I thought you would stay in Tongcheng for a while longer." Huo Qiran said, "Who knew you would leave just as soon as you said you were leaving, and you didn't tell me."

"Yes." Jing Li said, "I left in a hurry..."

"I heard that it was you who suggested to Stewart to come to Huai City early." Huo Qiran said again.

Jing Li pursed her lips and said nothing for a while.

But he heard Huo Qiran say: "Is it because of me?"

Jing Li was quiet for a moment and then said: "Yes."

Huo Qiran said again: "Did I scare you?"

Jing Li's breathing tightened for a moment, and then she added: "I'm not a child, and I'm not that scared... I just hope that you can clarify your thoughts."

Huo Qiran slowly raised his eyes, his eyes once again resting on her face, "My thoughts... aren't they clear enough?"

"Do you really know what you think?" Jing Li asked, "Do you really know what liking is? Are you sure that your desire to be nice to someone is out of kindness in your heart or because of love?"

Huo Qiran's eyes paused slightly, "I don't understand what you mean."

"You are so kind, you are so kind." Jing Li looked at him and slowly said, "You want everyone to be happy, so you are kind to everyone, and you will do your best to help others...

Including, repaying those feelings that are simply wishful thinking."

Jing Li slowly lowered her head, "Emotions are a very personal matter. They are often just wishful thinking and cannot be responded to. This should not be a burden to you, nor should it be a reason for you to be responsible. You understand

? In the feelings that others pay for you, you are innocent, and you have not hurt anyone, so you should not blame it on yourself, let alone pay feelings that you should not pay... This is just

Your kindness is not love."

"Besides, I don't have anything worthy of your liking."

She said in a low voice.

Huo Qiran was silent, and after a long time, he finally said softly: "But if you like it, you just like it. Where do you go to decide whether it's worth it?"

Jing Li suddenly smiled bitterly, "Why don't you understand that this is not liking, this is just because you think you have hurt me and our friendship, so you have an illusion... But in fact you have not hurt me, we

The friendship I chose to give up on my own has nothing to do with you..."

"If that's what you say..." Huo Qiran paused, "Then I've also hurt the relationship between me and Su Su. Should I try to restore it in the same way?"

Jing Li was stunned for a moment, then shook her head and said: "I don't know what happened between you and Su Su, but this is the situation between us. I hope you can think clearly and don't do this again-"

Before she finished speaking, Huo Qiran suddenly took out something from his backpack and placed it on the table between the two of them.

Jing Li was suddenly stunned.

It was a glass sugar bowl filled with all kinds of chocolates.

"I have been saving this jar of chocolate for a long time," Huo Qiran said, "because I wanted to find one with the same taste as the ones I had eaten before, but I searched for a long time and collected many similar ones, but I couldn't find the original one.

One. I have been looking for it for four years. I think one day, I will taste chocolate all over the world and I will be able to find it... My sister laughed at me for this for a long time, saying that she had given up chocolate, but I went to the store.

I'm addicted... I also think it's quite ridiculous, because I don't know what I'm doing, and I don't know what the point of doing it is..."

"Until that day, I suddenly saw you in Huai'an Painting Hall... After returning home, I saw this jar of candies, and suddenly I felt that it was not that important whether there was one or not. The vacancy I was looking for, the vacancy I was waiting for

, seems to have been filled in again..."

After a long time, Jing Li finally raised her hand to touch the glass jar and said softly: "Since it doesn't matter whether you have that one or not, what's the point of keeping this jar?"
Chapter completed!